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Monday, June 16, 2014

A while back I purchased a StuH for my Axis in Italy Bolt Action force but Warlord Games sent a standard stug III instead. They have rectified the mistake by sending me a StuH barrel, so last night I drilled out both barrels and added earth magnets to give me both options.

StuH version.

75mm Stug III version.

Also, I have completed a small (8 man) section to give my Kiwis a 4th section. The bren team are Perry plastic 8y with trousers made from greenstuff.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Well, its been a while. Two months in fact. In that time I have done no gaming or painting. Nothing. I've played a few board games but done absolutely nothing related to wargaming, I've just had zero interest in gaming. Kent popped round the other day to pick up a Bolt Action panzer IV I'd purchased for him and we decided it was about time we did something.

So tonight we had a game of Bolt Action, my Kiwis vs his Germans, somewhere in Italy.

We rolled up Hold until Relieved. The building became the objective Kent defended it with a sniper, MMG team and SS section.
Deployment.

The objective.

An infantry section crosses the field, losing two men to the 222 armoured car.

The stug rumbles on from reserve.

The staghound takes a shot at the German armoured car but misses.

The Sherman misses the flank of the stug.

In the woods my section comes under pressure from 2 German sections infiltrating through the trees.

The Germans make short work of the kiwis, clearing the woods.

The staghound destroys the 222 armoured car.

The SS consolidate their position in the woods.

The Sherman and stug trade ineffective shots.

The stug finally get s a bead on the sherman, it catches fire and the crew abandon the vehicle.

The staghound continues hunting the stug, and manages to force it down in the last turn.

Result- a major German victory. In the last two turns my troops melted away under the German fire, I manged to knock out the MMG and mortar along with the 222 armoured car but was left with only my staghound and 6pdr!

As usual the battle see-sawed but in the end the Germans overwhelmed the kiwis. My biggest mistake was not concentrating my forces and so being taken out piecemeal and resulted in a very comprehensive victory.

A good game and fun to be rolling dice again. We hope to try Kent's Carthaginians using Hail Ceasar.

LIEBSTER AWARD

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Hi and welcome to my welcome to my blog(s). My name is Craig. These blogs relate to hobbies and interests of mine including wargaming, role-playing games and most recently my journey to becoming a volunteer working in the country of Kiribati in the Pacific ocean.